1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius. Grease and line a standard loaf tin.
2. Mix bran, milk, sultanas, cranberries and dates together in a bowl. Set aside to soak for about 45 minutes.
3. Sift the flour into another bowl, add the husks. Add the soaked bran mixture, sugar and wheat germ. Combine well (it is a reasonably stiff mixture - add more milk if it's too stiff to mix).
4. Spoon mixture into loaf tin, sprinkle the top with raw sugar and bake for 45 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.
5. Cool on a wire rack, then enjoy! (it's lovely warm or toasted with a bit of butter on top)

Looks delicious Nic, luckily my 4 devour breakfast & always have with gusto. They eat porridge without milk or honey (i know, paste!!) or weetbix, milk optional. I do wonder how they get it off the roof of their mouths, but they do!! Perhaps a recess option for my guys!! Love Posie

I grew up eating something like this, it was called very boringly "bun loaf". It just had mixed fruit rather than the cranberries and dates and made it into our school lunch boxes, with a slick of butter, wrapped in grease paper for many a year. Good memories!

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